Amazon News

Amazon’s Prime Now service has been extended to Dallas, Texas in the United States. Prime Now is a service that delivers a selection of domestic goods to locations in select areas within 2 hours. 1 hour delivery attracts a $7.99 charge but 2 hour delivery is free to Amazon Prime subscribers. Orders can only be […]

It would appear that there’s been an error with Amazon’s messaging system where customer enquiries weren’t getting forwarded to sellers. Messages were held up with a glitch and whilst sellers may have checked their message inboxes regularly, suddenly a day or so later a glut of unanswered messages popped up. Some sellers have also received […]

Goofbid are one of the most popular eBay tools site world wide. As well as being an eBay bargain finder and free auction sniper, Goofbid also have a multitude of other eBay tools for both buyers and sellers. Here at Tamebay we like them so much that we host some Goofbid tools on Tamebay. Now […]

On their Facebook page, BQool are offering new users the opportunity to get 50% off the first month any of their suite of products. The promotion starts today and will run until Friday April 10th, 2015. This gives Amazon sellers about three weeks to take advantage of the promotion. The promotion coincides with both Easter […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the USA has given Amazon has permission to start testing drones for online deliveries. Amazon have approval for those with a pilot’s licenses to test the unmanned crafts. The permission comes with some conditions. They must be flown at 400 feet or below and only during daylight hours. Crucially, […]

Amazon’s off-the-shelf ecommerce service Amazon Webstore is to be discontinued. Amazon will close the service next year and has been in touch with relevant sellers who will be impacted today. The email to customers reads: “We are writing to let you know that, effective July 1, 2016, we will discontinue the Amazon Webstore service. Your […]

A quick reminder… from today Amazon say that “it is required that all sellers either provide a return address in the country of the Market Place Site or pay the shipping cost of returns. If you are selling, for example, at Amazon.de, you must either provide a return address in Germany or offer buyers the […]

Feedvisor will be holding a 3-day online summit for Amazon sellers with the them of “Amazon optimisation” being the central topic under discussion. They say of the event: We’ve noticed a marked lack of material regarding this crucial topic of “Amazon Optimization” out there on the web. In addition, or perhaps because of this, we’ve […]

Amazon have done something crazy. They’re trying to get users to break the security on Android phones just so that they can flog you a few Apps and Games from the Amazon app store. I am, as many readers will know, a fan of Android phones. Unsurprisingly I have the Amazon App installed, so when […]

Amazon have opened up a shop front on a rival’s marketplace. Unable to make the inroads into China that they would wish, they’ve done the next best thing and opened up a store on Alibaba’s TMall marketplace. That’s astonishing from two aspects. Firstly could you ever imagine Amazon opening a store on eBay in the […]